Potential
We often view potential hires based on their potential and not necessarily on their experience. Today Steve Jones talks about the dangers of putting more emphasis on future, rather than past, performance.
2012-10-10
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Editorial
Your Password has Failed the Test
Your data is in the public domain and as a DBA you need to be very familiar with what it is possible for the sinner to do with a handy password, and how easily that sinner can get hold of it.
2012-10-08
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Fragmentation Fear
Index fragmentation can certainly cause performance problems, but should it really dictate the way we design our clustered indexes?
2012-10-01
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Challenge Yourself
Challenge yourself to find new tools and use them in your work. That's today's message from Steve Jones. (This editorial was originally published on Aug 5, 2007. It is being re-run as Steve is away on the SQL in the City US 2012 tour.)
2012-10-01
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Outsourcing Security
Companies may look to outsource security in order to take advantage of experts' skills at a lower price. What will that mean for data professionals?
2012-09-27
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Pair Programming
Today Steve Jones talks about pair programming and when it might make sense for data professionals.
2012-09-26
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Trade-offs
When working on a project, you have to make trade-offs. Unfortunately, some managers don't realize this. Steve Jones says we need to help them understand that doing things the right way, and working with trade-offs, makes for better systems.
2012-09-25
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Rewrite the Coding Rules
If we rewrite the coding rules, will software be more secure? Steve Jones thinks it might and that we should be constantly looking to change the techniques, patterns, and skills we have.
2012-09-24
191 reads
IT is Looking Good
The forecast for IT work is growing. That's good for those of us working in the field.
2012-09-24
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Teammates
This Friday Steve Jones wants you to have some fun and compare yourself to an athlete or media figure, or even a fictional character.
2012-09-21
133 reads
Blogs
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